want to take a moment and really thank our students here locally particularly at the san francisco at sf san francisco state for leading the way. students have really championed this around north america and really need to be commended for your activities in this area. want to also thank racology because right now they need to collect 10 to 15 million single usev plastic water bottles every single year. if we are successful with this ordinance hopefully we can reduce the cost to our rate payer and what racology needs to do every single year. also want to appreciate their representatives of new industries, really new green businesses that are thinking about how we can both do better by the environment as well as create new jobs here in san francisco and throughout california. and then i did want to address a couple of the issues that were raised by the $0 billion industry and their testimony. first of all, the suggestion that somehow this ordinance might deprive san franciscans after an earthquake of plastic water bottles or somehow deprive those individuals with compromised immune system

around different -- especially low income neighborhoods and i wanted to thank shape up sf coalition in san francisco for launch this three month campaign called choose healthy drinks. it'll include a number of these posters that pose a question to communities. you wouldn't eat 17 or 22 packets of sugar. why are you drinking them? in the next three months and hopefully longer, shape up sf, which includes our department of public health and the ymca will

want to take a moment and really thank our students here locally particularly at the san francisco at sf san francisco state for leading the way. students have really championed this around north america and really need to be commended for your activities in this area. want to also thank racology because right now they need to collect 10 to 15 million single usev plastic water bottles every single year. if we are successful with this ordinance hopefully we can reduce the cost to our rate payer and what racology needs to do every single year. also

action for the project for the purposes of ceqa, pursuant to section 31.044hh of the san francisco item. item 4. sf 41234 request to condominium conversion subdivision. >> item 5 item 5:2013.1828q t. chang; 4155 575-91977 624-628 guerrero street - the west side of guerrero street between 18th street and 19th street on assessor's block 3587, lot 005 - request for condominium conversion subdivision to convert a three-story, six-unit building within a rm-2 residential, mixed, moderate densityy zoning district, 40-x height and bulk district. this action constitutes the approval action for the project for the purposes of ceqa, pursuant to section 31.044hh of the san francisco administrative code. preliminary >> item 5 sf 51234 request for condominium. item 7 item 7: 2013.1817c m. boudreaux; 4155 575-91400 1410 ocean avenue - north side between miramar and granada avenues; lot 007 in assessor's block 3197 - request for conditional use authorization pursuant to planning code section 303 and 737.62, to allow a change of use from a vacant retail space to district-serving canine day care facility, regulated

sf gov. tv. san francisco television can help support the presentation, that would be great. >> good afternoon supervisors and commissioners. good afternoon and thank you for allowing us to present the 2012 supplemental fund credit recovery program in san francisco. i would like to introduce julie chan in student support. this is a new office focused on credit recovery issues on summer school and online learning and various other programs that we have up and going. thank you very much for the thank for the opportunity. we are going to walk you through exactly what the presentation is going to be. we are going over the initial challenges and information about our credit recovery options and our 4-year cohort graduation rate and e through g graduation requirements and the credit program today and talk about where we are going with the office of extended learning and support with our evening school, summer school, online learning and sprout funds and summer bridge program. so challenges at san francisco unified s

in the matter of sf of the san francisco school district. the board of education by vote one absent, gives authority to the district to pay up to a stipulated amount. other informational items posted on agendas the quarterly report on the complaints october to december 2013, the meeting is adjourned. >> [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the monday, january 27, 2014, meeting of the small business commission of the city and county of san francisco the meeting is called to order at the 2:08 p.m. roll call commissioner president adams. commissioner dooley. we have a quorum with 5 commissioners. general public comment. any public comment? for this period during the meeting is limited to 3 minutes unless established. the speakers are not required to state your name for the record. this will help to have the speaker cards that are to the right of the electorate turn at your early opportunity. >> any members of the public that want to bring up my items not on the public agenda seeing none, public comment is closed

sf gov. tv. san francisco television cable channel 78 and d v d's of this meeting are available for purchase directly from sf gov. tv. sf gov have tv. if you wish to give testimony, please stand to be affirmed. please take note that any member of the public may speak without being affirmed according to the sunshine ordinance. thank you. do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give to be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. >> thank you, item no. 1 is general public comment. anything not on tonight's calendar. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. item 2, commissioner comments and questions. commissioners? none there. so we'll move to item 3 which is the board's consideration of the meeting minutes for january 29, 2014. any modifications? i move their adoption. >> any public comment on the minutes. seeing none, mr. pacheco call the roll. >> on that motion from the president to adopt the january 29, 2014, minutes, commissioner fung,

around different -- especially low income neighborhoods and i wanted to thank shape up sf coalition in san francisco for launch this three month campaign called choose healthy drinks. it'll include a number of these posters that pose a question to communities. you wouldn't eat 17 or 22 packets of sugar. why are you drinking them? in the next three months and hopefully longer, shape up sf, which includes our department of public health and the ymca will be kind of championing this and educating our communities. i want to thank them for educating my office and communities on the dangers of unhealthy beverages. i also wanted to say that i'm inviting everyone else on this board and in our communities to come to supervisor london breed's district on the western edition for community meeting on the rapid service on geary. it's a form coming up called let's get geary moving and it's really going to help involve more of the western addition neighborhoods on fill more street and geary areas as well. in 2012 we made significant progress on this project and it included a delivery time and date for the rapid ge

area of environment and this is calling for a hearing around our go solar san francisco incentive program. since 2008 go solar sf has helped over 2000 san francisco home eners, tenants and businesses install solar panels, with nearly 100 of those employed who come from economicically disadvantaged background that have graduated through our work force development system. we know every year in recent years the program has faced funding challenges and we are at the sfpuc which administers the program. this year i'd like to call for a hearing on the current status for go so /hrar solar sf i do hope that we can address if needs not only for go solar sf for years to come. last item i have deals with a district three iconic institution related to coit tower. this five year lease will improve the visitor's experience at the building and better protect the murals created during the great depression by the works progress administration. the lease represents a response to voters who approved a policy statement in june of 2012 in prop b which said we should priority revenues generated at the tower to preserve the tower and

in a statement, sf general wrote san francisco general hospital and trauma center is profoundly sorry that she was injured while in our care. we take patient safely seriously and are reviewing procedures. coming back live, the elderly woman is live at the hospital for her previous ailment and not the attack. hospital officials tell me patients with violent histories are escorted in under restraint. she was not under restraints or police escorts which could suggest the hospital would believe he did what he did. live from san francisco general hospital here in san francisco, alan wang, abc7 news. >> thanks. this incident is the latest in a series of problems including the death of lynn spalding who went missing from san francisco general and ultimately found dead in an exterior stirwell at the hospital. investigators found hospital and the san francisco sheriff's department at fault in that case. >>> more breaking news, a flight from san francisco to hong kong took a frightening turn when it ran into unexpected severe turbulence. it happened in the airspace over japan, but the flight co

in a statement, sf general wrote san francisco general hospital and trauma center is ss injured while in our care. we take patient safely seriously and are reviewing procedures. coming back live, the elderly woman is live at the hospital for her previous ailment and not the attack. hospital officials tell me patients with violent histories are escorted in under restraint. she was not under restraints or police escorts which could suggest the hospital would san francisco what he did. general hospital here in san francisco, alan wang, abc7 news. >> thanks. this incident is the latest in a series of problems including the death of lynn spalding who went missing from san francisco general and ultimately found dead in an exterior stirwell at the hospital. investigators found hospital and the san francisco sheriff's department at fault in that case. >>> more breaking news, a flight from san francisco to hong kong took a frightening turn when it ran into unexpected severe turbulence. it happened in the airspace over japan, but the flight continued for six more hours on to hong kong. a total

the group which was read by walk sf and the san francisco bike coalition and included commissions kim, yee and myself, called for the city to step up effort to drive, pedestrian and bicycle fatalities down to zero and, this ambition goal was set by the resolution and introduced by commissions kim and yee in january and we are gratified, and the resolution haves been adopted by the sfmta and the san francisco police department since then as well. here in the transportation authority, we wish to not only make the staff resources and funding available but also to create the capability for the board to provide the regular input, oversight and support to this multipronged effort, that is why you will see item 13, a proposal to create a vision on the board this will be a committee with the 24-month term and i have asked commissioner kim to lead it as chair, along with commissioner yee as vice chair. and in addition, we will have commissioners weiner and mar as vice chair and chair of our plans and programs on this new committee, and i will serve on it as an exoficio member and the hope is t

in the matter of sf of the san francisco school district. the board of education by vote one absent, gives authority to the district to pay up to a stipulated amount. other informational items posted on agendas the quarterly report on the complaints october to december 2013, the meeting is adjourned. >> [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco local agency formation commission. today is january 24, 2014, >> i would like to acknowledge our clerk of the committee, lisa miller. i don't have our sfgtv names here, but i would like to thank them for their assistance today. call the roll. >> avalos, present, commissioner breed, campos, present, mar, present, schmeltzer absent. we do have a quorum. >> thank you. let's go to the next item. >> the election of the chairperson for 2014. okay colleagues we have before us a position for local local agency formation commission. i actually do have ain't in continuing as chairperson for local agency formation commission and just want to put it out there. if others hav

in a statement, sf general wrote san francisco general hospital and trauma center is profoundly sorryt she was injured while in our care. we take patient safely seriously and are reviewing procedures. coming back live, the elderly woman is live at the hospital for her previous ailment and not the attack. hospital officials tell me patients with violent histories are escorted in under restraint. she was not under restraints or police escorts which could suggest the hospital would believe he did what he did. live from san francisco general hospital here in san francisco, alan wang, abc7 news. >> thanks. this incident is the latest in a series of problems including the death of lynn spalding who went missing from san francisco general and ultimately found dead in an exterior stirwell at the hospital. investigators found hospital and the san francisco sheriff's department at fault in that case. >>> more breaking news, a flight from san francisco to hong kong took a frightening turn when it ran into unexpected severe turbulence. it happened in the airspace over japan, but the flight contin

term expired, must represent a business that operates in san francisco, for the unexpired portion of a two- year term ending april city clerk: sf 41234 >>supervisor norman yee: ms. deedey workman. >> good afternoon, i'm with the san francisco chamber of commerce. the chamber of commerce represents over 1500 businesses in san francisco. i would like to thank you for considering me in the graffiti advisory board and i have had the experience to interact with it and it would be my honor to serve on it. i joined with san francisco beautiful as executive director. san francisco beautiful is a longstanding civic improvement in the city. i was executive director there for 11 years and i had the capacity to address graffiti issues and support graffiti abatement across the city and giving funding to community groups to clean up graffiti and also includes giving a grant to the san francisco police department to use cameras to take pictures to document and track graffiti vandals and data base. i'm not sure what happened with that project, but i was working with officer puts at the time at the police department. i have been with the chambe

san francisco general stairwell. on the hospital and the sheriff's department. the attorney for lynne spalding's children will file a claim later this month against sf general hospitalncisco sheriff's department. a report by state health inspectors shows that a doctor ordered a "coach or sitter" for spalding. and said to never leave her unattended. and when spalding did go missing. the sheriffs department did not search all the hospital stairwells. despite an order to do so. both the hospital and sheriff's office say they've made changes and improvements in the wake of spalding's death. a new report has been released by san jose state university. which details the alleged hazing of a 17- year-old african- american student. by his dormitory suite mates. the report says that for the most part, school officials responded appropriately, at least according to current school policy. it also notes, the alleged hazing may have continued for so long, because the victim and witnesses didn't come forward for several weeks. there has been some critisicm leveled towards the university's president, claiming that he was slow to respond. when the hazing allegations came to light. t

represented the accreditation representing most areas of the city including the coalition of san francisco neighborhood and sf tomorrow and other recreation groups and advocates and individuals. the comment group met weekly and found a lot of consensus and ended up basically rewriting the rose we committing submitted to planning in 2011. the planning staff said there would be a meeting with our group to work out united states differences and never heard nothing for two years then we heard this is the final draft and were not interested in changes. however, we feel there are still some important concepts that came out of our consensus and we feel additional changed needs to be made particularly 4 areas the high needs doesn't not match the park code and addressing high needs where we expect important people in the future at the expense of the people who don't have enough open space in recreational facilities and bio diversity willow the 2011 does say it includes both native and non-native we want to restore native habitat and the between the recreating native habitats and destroying the existing habitats it doe

this meeting is broadcast live on san francisco government television sf gov tv. thank you for your attention and at this time we'll conduct our swearing in process. if you intend to testify this evening, please stand, raise your right hand side and say i do after you have been sworn in or affirmed. please take note that any member of the public may speak pursuant to the sunshine ordinance. thank you. >> do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. >> i do. >> thank you, mr. pacheco. we'll start with item no. 1 which is public comment about any item to speak about what is not on the agenda? any public comment? is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. item no. 2, which is the annual election of board of officers. the vice-president and president shall be elected after the 15th day of january of each year. tonight is the first board meeting after january 15th so the election of officers is on our calendar. if i can take a quick minute before pro

this meeting is broadcast live on san francisco government television sf gov tv.this time we'll conduct our swearing in process. if you are going to testify, please stand and raise your right hand and say i do after you have been sworn in or affirmed. please note that any member of the public may speak without being sworn with the sunshine ordinance. you'll do you solemnly swear or affirm that everything you will speak is the truth and nothing but the treetsdz. -- truth. >> we have item 6. requests a tree removal. i understand these parties have asked for rescheduling to see if a resolution maybe worked out. we need a vote in order to move that. >> i move to continue. >> thank you. is there any public comment on the rescheduling of this item? seeing none, mr. pacheco, if you can call the roll. >> on that motion from commissioner hurtado to continue this meeting until april 30th. on that motion commissioner fung, hwang is absent, vice-president lazarus, honda hurtado. this meeting is rescheduled. >> next item is no. 8. requesting an alteration, the parties are aski

term expired, must represent a business that operates in san francisco, for the unexpired portion of a two- year term ending april city clerk: sf 41234 >>supervisor norman yee: ms. deedey workman. >> good afternoon, i'm with the san francisco chamber of commerce. the chamber of commerce represents over 1500 businesses in san francisco. i would like to thank you for considering me in the graffiti advisory board and i have had the experience to interact with it and it would be my honor to serve on it. i joined with san francisco beautiful as executive director. san francisco beautiful is a longstanding civic improvement

there's one additional partnership there sf main they have a inspector in san francisco we're working with david peers to develop pictures for our stores. two weeks ago they coming came to learn about our philosophy and that is another feature that will make us perfect in the fillmore community. thanks for your time >> thank you. >> members i'm janet crane i'm an architect. the traditional character of the store will be retained. we've made sure that as many of the existing features will be retained like the window that runs above the awnings. there will be beverages and planter outside the store to encourage community interaction. we'll have a girl workmanship. a question raised about the size of the space not typical of the neighborhood the sales floor and dressing rooms are about 6 hundred and 60 square feet there is no basement and our store sells men's and women's clothing. it's built into the will hill it's wide and shallow. it's clear this space is within the medium range of businesses on the street. another neighborhood concern the store has a small basing place for bicycle pa

san francisco. today nearly 150 sf students partook in a health care assimilation in the way that science and technology and principles apply. each team participated in exploring and research and spent time with educators and other assimilations. they were able to gain insight to career opportunities and talent to improve health care stimulation. students of stark elementary are taking to the streets to promote peace in the world as of martin luther king jr. junior day as they prepare to march around the neighborhood: a tribute to the life of dr. martin luther king jr. and to find strength in diversity. january 30th, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.. we would like to nouns that our progress report is available online and sfusd do the e d u. key strategies are being used to improve the learning experience for each student at every sfusd school. the 2013th district scorecard and the sfusd budget. this friday, january 31st, all school sites will be closed in observance of lunar new year. >> thank you. item c, recognition and commendations. deputy superintendant? speaker: i would like to call guerrero. good even

san francisco's diverse family. in addition to those materials, we've also developed curriculum for the sf puc specifically designed for grades 4-6. teachers are able to use the curriculum around water resources and water conservation and the sf puc is distributing these materials to all teachers who are interested in san francisco and also make it available on their website. our water class presentations not only are teefrps -- teachers doing this but our office as well. we have given eight presentations to assemblies targeting about 8,000 students in san francisco and developing a curriculum to take it to further grades to allow students to be fully engaged in the process. lastly one of the other aspects we are doing is front line educators and directly turn key materials to use in their classrooms as part of their overall teaching. one of our best strategies is to educate teachers in a way to present this and really get to the message of water conservation to all of our diverse communities in san francisco. this program has extremely successful and appreciate our partnership. i wanted to spend a little time on t

attorney for lynne spalding's children will file a claim later this month against sf general hospital and the san francisco sheriff's department. i talked the attorney haig harrsi today old would still be alive if the hospital and the sheriff's department properly cared for her >> reporter:as part of the investigation into her deathstate health inspectors filed this report for the centers for medicare and medicade services- it shows that a doctor ordered a "coach or sitter" for spalding. and said to never leave the patient unattended. >> reporter: >> they did not do that so where does the start the chicken or the eight? obviously it starts with the pesto and becomes worse. starts with the hospital. >> reporter:plus, the sheriff's department did not search all the hospital stairwells. despite an order to do so. >> i never considered it an order i just consider it search if you have time. >> reporter:the report also shows a violation of patient privacy - pointing to a nurse and someone in the billing department looked at spadling's medical records because they "was curious." >> just sad. >> reporter:in respo